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EDWARD FRANKLIN AYERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1943 – April 6, 1969
Service recordEdward Franklin Ayers, of Easton, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 23
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Easton, Maryland (Talbot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 23
- JERRY DON BECKStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BROWNSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- TERRANCE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- STEVEN JAMES SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES OTIS OLIVERPrivate · Panel 27W, Line 26
- JOHN WILLIE BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 27
From Easton
- THOMAS NELSON BLADESStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
- GANNON CLARK MILBY JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1968
- JOSEPH MILTON EASONSpecialist Four · April 30, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.